Early in the morning, Jian Qiushan was already handling official business, and recently the county lieutenant reported that several suspected traces of Shanjung State spies had been found in the administrative office. In recent years, Dingbian County has begun to emerge under the care of a group of colleagues, and with the support of his father's Fallen Leaf City, the situation is good, which has saved a lot of effort for his newly appointed cheap county monarch. Although the people are still living in poverty, they are becoming more and more stable and can make ends meet. It's just that this Dingbian County is a border land after all, and it is often infested by mountain warriors, and the population is often somewhat reduced, so it is not easy to select some strong soldiers. Therefore, up to now, the garrison force in the county is only these 100 officials, trappers and 200 county troops. The investigation is really stretched.

Jian Qiushan was thinking about how to deal with it, and someone came to report that a young girl was arguing for him at the entrance of the yamen, saying that it was his sister. Jian Qiushan hurriedly got up when he heard this, and before he reached the gate, he heard a woman reprimanding the official in a loud voice, as if he was quite anxious.

As soon as he heard this voice, Jian Qiushan knew that his little ancestor had arrived. While answering with a loud voice, he hurried away. The officials who followed behind were dumbfounded, thinking in their hearts whether this was still a majestic and solemn adult in their own family.

The girl entered the hall, grabbed the teapot and poured it.

"Oh, slow down. Jian Qiushan looked at the girl with pity. "Didn't you come out with your mother?"

"Third brother," the girl put down the teapot and grabbed Jian Qiushan's hand, "Quickly lead the soldiers and me to help my mother." ”

Jian Qiushan pressed the girl on the stool and forced her to slow down, only then did he listen to the girl's ins and outs of the future one by one, bowed his head and pondered for a moment, knowing that it was very likely that a thief had robbed the villagers. At that moment, someone called the county lieutenant Li Tang to come, and after the two discussed, Li Tang stayed behind in the county office, and sent someone to inform the second brother Jian Dahu stationed in Changping Pass about the matter, and asked him to transfer troops to intercept it. He brought fifty fine horsemen to accompany his sister to help.

Halfway through, the army had reached the back of the village. Although Jian Qiushan is young, he has practiced martial arts since he was a child, and he consciously has the ability to chase after his father and brother. This year, he has experienced the multi-faceted customs, and he is not an amateur in the marching battle array. Although he was anxious all the way, he has always been introverted and has a little sister by his side, so he has not been exposed, but is often looked down upon by his little sister. Several sergeants carefully investigated the surroundings and came to the same conclusion as the woman, released the dogs trained in the army, sniffed the woman's jade pendant and led the group forward.

The girl is attentive, and from time to time she sees the mark left by her mother and reminds everyone. Because of the consideration of the troop prints of the horses, as much as possible not to destroy the clues, everyone wrapped the horses' hooves in their clothes and ran along both sides of the road. Halfway through noon, there were rut marks in front of these footprints, and the sergeant inspected them and reported that more than ten carriages had picked up the men all the way west.

Without the chaotic footprints, the march of the crowd can be much faster. But in the roadside forest, the Jian Qiushan brothers and sisters found that the marks left by their mother were not the same as before.

"Brother, why is the mark left by my mother inconsistent with the direction of the rut? After the girl saw the third brother, she turned back into the little princess in the general's mansion.

"Little girl, of course we believe in my mother. Jian Qiushan touched the girl's head.

Although the army had doubts in their hearts, these people had followed Jian Qiushan for a long time, and they had reached the level of being forbidden by order, and they were silent one by one.

The armies were armed with shields and armor, and the archers were in the center and galloped all the way. After running for a while, at a fork in the road leading to a distant mountain pass, Jian Qiushan made a gesture behind him, and the troops immediately scattered into several groups and sneaked into the forest next to the road, and there was no sound in the whole process.

The girl was in the midst of the army, and subconsciously followed the crowd. Several military dogs crouched beside them and stuck out their tongues. At this time, the sun is already westward, and the slanting sun reflects the mottled shadows of the grass and trees in the forest, which are sparse and shallow, scattered all over the place. From a distance, it looks like a queue of soldiers. At this time, the girl was lying on her brother's side, looking at her brother through the slanting sun, meeting her brother's gaze, warm and firm. The girl's hanging heart immediately settled.

Jian Qiushan has always had doubts about this case, the Shanrong country is mainly nomadic, the population is insufficient, and the Tianlong country has gradually changed to agriculture and commerce over the years, so there have been frequent incidents of robbing the border people to increase the population of the country. However, although Dingbian County is a border area, there are still hundreds of miles away from the nearest military town of Shanrong State, and there are many mountain roads, and there is a pass guarded by two brothers in the middle. It takes at least ten days to travel in an ordinary carriage, and ten days is enough time for my father and brother to send troops to intercept it. And this Xianxia Village has only a population of more than 100 households, and there is not much wealth. Along the way, except for the footprints of the villagers, no traces of the enemy were found, indicating that there were not many people on the other side, and it was very likely that they were only wearing ordinary people's clothes. With a small number of people, hundreds of villagers can be controlled to leave without resistance, which shows that he is a master. But what is the picture?

In a moment, a woman ran from the forest, her posture graceful, like a Limbo fairy.

When the girl saw the woman, she wanted to get up, but Jian Qiushan reached out to cover her mouth and nose and pressed it. The woman looked at a pine tree, and then walked straight to Jian Qiushanrong's place. The army did not obey the order, and not one of them moved. When the woman came near, the maiden threw herself into her arms. The woman looked at her children with a look of relief in her eyes.

After Jian Qiushan joined the woman, the army moved, with the sword and shield soldiers outside and the archers inside, protecting the mother and son at the core.

"Mother, I have informed the second brother that Changping Pass is three hundred miles away from here, and at the speed of the twelve Tsing Yi swords under the command of the second brother, it will definitely arrive tonight. I brought with me thirty shield soldiers and twenty archers, all of whom were the best in the army. Jian Qiushan didn't ask his mother about the enemy's situation, and first reported his own arrangements and strength to his mother.

"My son has it all figured out. The enemy army only came with more than a dozen people this time, most of them were warriors or illusionists. Therefore, it is possible to control a group of villagers. Fortunately, when your sister and I came, the enemy did not go far. I caught up before the enemy divided his forces. Only two of those enemies left with an old man, and those two enemies should have been in the army for a long time, and their light body skills were not weak. Along the way, they chose to move on dry, hard ground, and although the two of them ran with the old man on their backs, they left very little traces. ”

"Mother, how is the old man born?"

"White hair, red square face. The silkworm eyebrows are in the sideburns, and the eyes are closed. He is a burly figure with a tattoo on his cheek. ”

"Do you read the words?"

The woman lowered her head in contemplation, then raised her head for a while and said, "It's a "bamboo" character."

Jian Qiushan thought for a moment and didn't know the essentials, beckoned to the master, and explained the matter in detail. This master was a scholar in the second year of Wuwei in the current dynasty, because he was not good at drilling, he was only a law of the Inner History Office for ten years, and he was in charge of file keeping. Later, he was sent out because he offended his boss, and met Jian Qiushan when he was drinking alone in the tavern, and the two chatted and hated each other. This person is a native of Dingbian County, who has been away from home for many years, and his relatives have long since passed away. Originally, there was a young son who lived with his grandparents, but now he is nowhere to be found, so he went to the forest to break off after drinking this soul-breaking wine, not wanting to meet Jian Qiushan. Jian Qiushan was shocked by his strong blog writing, so he asked his brother to find a master errand for him to follow him.

The lord Bo thought for a moment and said: "The official management of the world's various craft production institutions in this dynasty is called "Craftsman Supervisor", and some of the most remarkable iron-making masters in this Craftsman Supervisor are from a non-governmental organization called "Zhushengtang". Meaning. The characters in this hall are all good at smelting iron, looking for poor and qualified children to cultivate, and many skills are not passed on, so the children who enter the bamboo hall to learn the secret of the secret must engrave words on their cheeks, so that they do not dare to betray. ”

Jian Qiushan has been glad to have eaten at that tavern countless times over the years, and this time is no exception.

"Mother, it seems that the enemy is here for this old man. I just don't know who this old man is. ”

"My lord, the contemporary world-famous people of Zhushengtang are headed by the "Eight Great Creations". Among them, the "Great Fire" Changshi is our Qingshan County people. This man is good at fire and good at farming tools. The Lord Bo reminded him.

"That's it, the enemy seems to be trying to last. Mother, it seems that the old man is not a lion and has nothing to do with it. ”

"Yes, the two took the old man around and around into a village. The village courtyard is no different from ordinary large farmers, but the surrounding of the village courtyard seems to be supported by a formation. Akiyama, do you have someone here who is proficient in formations?" The woman looked at her son.

"Mother, there are battle formation divisions in our army who are proficient in battle formations, but there are no ones who are proficient in formations. There's no other way to do it in a hurry, so how about I go with them first?"

With his mother's approval, Jian Qiushan summoned three battle array masters to go with the woman to investigate. He brought men and horses to the forest two hundred meters away from the courtyard to ambush and respond. Looking from afar, the courtyard is hidden in a forest, surrounded by green bamboo, and it is not real.